Device for hitching animals



(No Model) W. CLARKE.

DEVICE FOR HITGHING ANIMALS. No. 366,647. Patented July 19, 1887.

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VILLIAM CLARKE, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

DEVICE FOR HITCHING ANIMALS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,647, dated July 19, 1887.

Application filed January 3, 1867. Serial No. 223,272.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM CLARKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Device for Hitching Animals, of which the following is a specification.

My purpose has been to make a device which is small in bulk, light in weight, and that can be cheaply manufactured, by which teams can be hitched to sidewalks, fences, and other like constructions having aperturesin or crevices between the boards or planks. I obtain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the entire de vice. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same; and Fig. 3 is a top view of the device, with the handle A truncated, showing the ring D around the foot 0, extended at one side in a loop, for the purpose of attaching a hitchingstrap.

Similarletters refer to similar parts throughout the several views, and the materials are wholly of metal.

B is a cylindrical rod, three-eighths of an inch in diameter and about seven inches long, divided at the lower end and formed into a transverse bar, 0, which is extended at right angles to the rod, with a spur, f, at each end, as in Fig. 1. The foot 0 is a circular piece of metal, with a hole in the center, through which the rod B passes, the plane of whose lower surface is at right angles to the rod B. Around the upper portion of the foot 01s a circumferential groove, into which the ring D fits and rotates, one side of the said ring be ing extended and formed in a loop, D.

F is a spiral spring encircling the rod B, with the lower end fastened in the foot 0, as shown in Fig. 2, and at the upper end fastened in like manner to the projection b of the ring D.

A is an oval ring, through which the hand may pass, with a projection, b, at the lower side for a cap to the rod B, in which projection or cap there is a cylindrical cavity, in which the upper end of the rod B is inserted.

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a is a small rivet which holds the rod in the cap.

E E are two parallel planks or boards with an aperture between them, through which the rod B, with its transverse bar (2, may pass; or an oblong hole or aperture may be cut in a single board to answer the same purpose.

The device is operated by placing the bar 0 lengthwise between the planks E E. Then by pressing down upon the handle A the foot 0 strikes the planks, and the rod, with the transverse bar 0, is pressedth rough the crevice between the planks. Then by turning the handle A one-quarter way round horizontally the transverse bar 6 is brought crosswise of the crevice, as shown in Fig. 1, and by removing the pressure from the handle A the expand ing of the spring draws the bar 0, with its spurs f, firmly against the planks E E, whereby the machine is firmly fixed to the planks, and the tether may be fastened to the loop D, as shown in Fig. 3, and the team or animal thereby secured.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim to be new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A device for hitching animals, consisting of a rod having a transverse bar at one end, provided with spurs, a handle having a projection or cap, in which the other end of the rod is secured, a foot on the rod having a circumferential groove, a ring having an extended loop rotating in said groove, and a spiral spring surrounding the rod, attached to the foot and cap, substantially as described. 2. In a hitching device of the class described, the rod B, provided with cap I), a handle, A, and a transverse bar, 0, in combination with the removable foot 0, the loop D, and the spiral spring F, surrounding said rod B, the whole adapted to be attached in the manner and for the purpose specified.

\VILLIAM CLARKE.

\Vitnesses:

BELLE M. TOBEY, FRANK L. CARPENTER. 

